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Part of the total phase of the lunar eclipse will be visible from the United Kingdom as the Moon rises
HMNAO provides information of the sighting of the new crescent moon for the start of Ramadan and the start of Eid al-Fitr
NavPac 4 is the much anticipated software upgrade to HMNAO’s celestial navigation software package
A new paper by F.R. Stephenson, L.V. Morrison and C.Y. Hohenkerk, presents new determinations of Earth Rotation from 720 BC to AD 2015
A Transit of Mercury will occur on Monday 9 May 2016 visible from the British Isles
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are in a rare planetary alignment during morning nautical twilight
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from the British Isles on the morning of 28 September 2015
A deep partial eclipse will be visible from the British Isles on the morning of 20 March 2015
HMNAO provides information of the sighting of the new crescent moon for the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid al-Fitr
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